This file folder, from the Anderson Galleries, used to contain documents concerning Beardsley. On the second page, there is a quote from the will of Edmond de Goncourt.
In this letter, Masters writes about the difficulties of writing biographies. The letter is typed on beige paper and there are edits made in black ink.
This articles discusses the failure of Bennett's manuscripts to be sold at the reserve price. Also, his letters were equally disappointing in their selling prices.
Lincoln photograph taken from the New York Times and subtitled: "A forgotten portrait of Abraham Lincoln emerges from the dead-letter office of the Postoffice Department."
Perkins' note on Life of Abraham Lincoln, published originally in both the New York Tribune and the Chicago Tribune. Perkins gives the author of this biography as John Locke Scripps, separate from the biography discussed in other items as authored...
Perkins, Edward H.; Southard, Samuel L. (Samuel Lewis), 1787-1842; United States. Navy; United States. Secretary of the Navy; Letters
In this letter, written in brown ink on beige paper, Perkins informs Hatkins of his orders in reporting for duty and encloses a copy of his letter from Southard dated 1828 June 14. The letter is transcribed in pencil on Page 2 and there is a...
